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e-ta, n. a bulb, tuber, ear of com, coarse flour ; ex- 

 tension ; a sting. 



e-ta, num. three. 



h-tSL, n. a fragment of a corpse brought home to the 

 family, over which funeral rites axe performed. 



e-ta-la, num. thirteen. 



g-tai), n. deceit, allurement : &e etag, to deceive. 



e-t§, n. disgrace, reproach. 



^-te, n. leprosy, scrofula. 



e-te-ta, num. by threes. 



6-ti, n. a failure. 



e-t6r), n. a bough, branch. 



e-tu, n. a kind of antelope. 



§-tu, n. gunpowder. 



6-tu, n. checked cloth, a guineafowl ; coolness ; a 

 propitiatory sacrifice. 



e-AvS, num. ten ; mind, intentions. 



e-weL, n. beauty, likeness : Ii ew^, to be beautiful. 



^-■wa, n. a jest, a joke. 



e-'we, n. a kind of bean. 



S-vre, conj. again, on the other hand. 



e-'we-'wa, num. by tens. 



e-"wi-ri, n. a bellows. 



e-"WO, n. a company, caravan. 



fe-WO, n. hail. 



e-'WOl), n. a thistle. 



©-■wor), n. a chain, bondage. 



fe-"WU, n. which pleases ; a loose garment, shirt. 



e-"WTi-nl, n. a pit covered with earth. 



e-ya, n. a kind of panther. 



6-ya, M. separation, contempt ; a division, tribe. 



e-y§, n. fitness, worthiness. 



e-3rl, adv. yes (used only by males to superiors). 



e-yll), n. a palm-^ut ; the eye-ball. 



B-yft), n. an egg. 



6-yir), ». praise, that which is celebrated. 



e-yir)-ko-lo, n. little hills made by earth-worms. 



e-yir)-n6-gi, n. starch made of maize. 



e-y6r), n. toe-itch. 



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fa, V. to scrape, shave, toipe, pluck ; to prefer. 



fil, V. to draw, lead, crawl, creep, as a melon-vine ; 

 to shrink, as a raw hide ; to abate : fa, . . . li eta^ 

 (see fa . . . letaij). 



f&, adv. leisurely, freely, without restraint ; exceed- 

 ingly. 



fS-lja-da. See 4bada. 



fll-da, n. (at Ilorii)), the aristocracy, the aristo- 

 cratic quarter of the town. 



fa-da-ka, n. silver, 



fa-dze-re, n. the dawn. 



f^-dzu-ro, v. to look sad. 



fa-gbor) (agbofl), v. to shave the chin. 



fa-giii), V. to protract. 



fil-kpa, V. to withdraw, draw back. 



f ^ . . . 13, ti. to lick. 



fd... . 16, V. to tighten, to string a bow. . 



f 3. . . . le-tai) (li), V. to seduce. 



f 3.-1116, V. to cleave, to adhere. 



fS. . . . in6-ra (ara), v. to embrace, to hug, to cleave 



to. 

 ffi-ra-hSr) (fi ar^), v. to become visible, to appear. 

 ffi-ra-kpfi, v. to hurt, to wound. 

 ta.'-r2L-m.6 (fi), v. to adhere, to adjoin. 

 fa'-ra-"we, v. to compare, make a trial of powers, 



emulate. 

 f i-ri, V. to shave the head. 

 f a-ri, n. display, parade. 

 fa-rd, V. to be sad. 

 fa . . . se-hir) (si ehiq), v. to draw back, withdraw, 



abstain ; to shun, delay, withhold, 

 fa-t6-le, n. a small canoe. 

 fa ... ti, V. to draw aside. 

 fa-tl-la, n. a lamp. 

 fa-tu, V. to loosen, pull up by the roots. 

 fa . . . ya, v. to tear, rend : 6 fa mi sokoto ya, it 



tore my trowsers. 

 fa-yo, V. to draw out, extricate. 

 fe, adv. long (in time), /or ewr. 

 fe-bi-kpa (ebi), v. to famish, starve. 

 fe-fe, n. boasting : &e Me, to boast. 

 fe-re, n. asthma. 

 fS-re, n. a fiute, pipe. 

 f 6-re, v. to sip. 

 fS-re-se, n. a window. 

 fe-si (fi esi), v. to reply. 

 fe-ti (fi eti), v. to listen, hearken, regard. (Gen. 21, 



12.) 

 fe, V. to blow, fan: fe 16h, to blow away ; fe efesi, 



to find fault with. 

 fS, V. to love, to wish, desire, to be willing ; to woo, 



to marry, procure in marriage. (Gen. 21, 21.) 

 f 6, v. to breathe heavily, to puff, to distort the face, 



to frown ; to enlarge : f | . . . li efe (see fe lefe). 

 fe-di. See fe idi. 

 fe-dze (idie), v. to seek food. 

 fe-dze-fe-dze, n. provender, food. 

 fe-dzb-m6 (fi), v. to accuse. 

 fe-dzO. (odzfi), V. to look angry, to frown. 

 fe-dzu-fe-dzu, adv. frowningly. 

 fe-fe, V. to be few, to be near. 

 fe-fe (efe), v. to find fault, to axxuse. 

 fe-fa, V. to betroth for or to. 

 fe-hir)-ti (fi ehi;)), v. to lean on, to trust in ; to 



prop, support. 

 fe-i-dl, V. to investigate. 

 fe-ka, V. to scatter, to strew. 



